This pages is Dedicated to all
those lost on September 11th
2001. The worst terror attack ever on
U.S. soil claimed the lives of 2,977 Americans.
At the World Trade Center, 2,606 known victims
died on the ground and another 87 passengers
and crew members died aboard American Airlines
Flight 11. The second plane, United Airlines
Flight 175, carried 60 passengers and crew
members. 125 people died in the Pentagon, and 59
passengers and crew members aboard American
Airlines Flight 77 lost their lives in that
attack. There were 40 passengers and crew
members aboard United Flight 93 when it was
crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pa. The
19 hijackers are not included in the victim
tolls. Along with the 110-floor Twin Towers of
the World Trade Center itself, numerous other
buildings at the World Trade Center site were
destroyed or badly damaged, including 7 World
Trade Center, 6 World Trade Center, 5 World
Trade Center, 4 World Trade Center, the Marriott
World Trade Center (3 WTC), and the World
Financial Center complex and St. Nicholas Greek
Orthodox Church.The fall of the Twin Towers
represented the only examples of total
progressive collapse of steel-framed structures
in history. The Pentagon damaged by fire and
partly collapsed. The Deutsche Bank Building
across Liberty Street from the World Trade
Center complex was later condemned due to the
uninhabitable, toxic conditions inside the
office tower, and is undergoing deconstruction.
The Borough of Manhattan Community College's
Fiterman Hall at 30 West Broadway was also
condemned due to extensive damage in the
attacks, and is slated for deconstruction.
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